Life begins and ends
Side by side its branches bend
As twilight descends

Whisperings of trees
Reaching for eternity
Destiny makes leaves

Light dances and flows
Designing in the shadows
While winter wind blows

Alone in the night
Waiting for the dawn of light
To burst into flight

Through a shadowed maze
Forgotten footsteps of days
Lost in winter’s haze

Leaves rustling their worth
Autumn’s sleep and spring’s rebirth
Carpeting the earth

© 2006 JVD

Black and brown and white
Tall or short with spots or stripes
Different yet alike

Shallows of life’s bay
Drifting into yesterday
Memories washed away

Autumn moves along
Reflections of summer gone
Impressionists pond

Beauty brought to sight
Leaves of green and petals bright
Dewdrops quenching life

Tranquility's path
Invites Possibilities
Through natures windows

Eyes of the ocean
Reflecting natures notions
Mirrors in motion

Warmer waters flow
From out the darkness below
The cold melting snow

© 2006 JVD